I'm hearing the NCAA penalties are imminent. There is some face saving going on here. They are trying to hit individual former coaches hard and for about 15 players who refused to cooperate in the investigation...they will be banned from campus or any association for 10 years. There will be vacation of wins most likely which is OK because nothing of substance was accomplished during this whole period from 02-09. They will also tack on a full 5 year probation. All of this to placate the enforcement division sothey can save some face. In exchange...to ensure no further litigation or bad PR from the university itself the sscholarship reductions are expected to be fairly light....ie in the vicinity of 10 total and of course no more bowls since 2 were already self imposed.

I think its hilarious all this workup about Miami. Who will be lucky to go better than 8-4 this year, maybe 9-3.

Its going to be interesting to see how OU's offense fares this year. No more "traditional" pocket passing now with the possibility of having Blake Bell out there. Probably a lot more innovative running and quick passing game, less down the field throws.

I'm barkin up a storm because finally we have quality depth at many spots as well as elite talent at many spots. It has taken awhile but we are just about back. This is the best team we have had since the 2003 season and I'm not homering. I nailed last years record in the preseason (I said 6-6 to 8-4) and we were 7-5. This year I'm telling you 10-2 or 9-3 barring injury.

We are one year away from being a Top 5-10 team, but I think they are Top 15-20 this year. 2014 will be a great great year but this year will be quite good as well.

There is no better OL or WR group out there. They have to keep Duke and Morris healthy because not much depth there...unlike the other two spots. D will be better but not elite or even very good...just ok.

It will be interesting to see how our transition over time to the 3-4 goes. We've got two good youngsters who will be terrors at 3-4 OLB. This year we will see more 4-3 than 3-4, but the transition is unmistakeable. You can see it in the kids they recruit and the extreme emphasis they are putting on size and strength in S&C. Miami has historically been smaller and faster, but Golden wants size everywhere. Our WLB is now 243, which is alot even for an NFL 4-3 WLB. I think they said the two deep on defense has gained a total of about 328 pounds this offseason, which is about 15 pounds per man. This should help the run D.

I'm barkin up a storm because finally we have quality depth at many spots as well as elite talent at many spots. It has taken awhile but we are just about back. This is the best team we have had since the 2003 season and I'm not homering. I nailed last years record in the preseason (I said 6-6 to 8-4) and we were 7-5. This year I'm telling you 10-2 or 9-3 barring injury.

We are one year away from being a Top 5-10 team, but I think they are Top 15-20 this year. 2014 will be a great great year but this year will be quite good as well.

There is no better OL or WR group out there. They have to keep Duke and Morris healthy because not much depth there...unlike the other two spots. D will be better but not elite or even very good...just ok.

It will be interesting to see how our transition over time to the 3-4 goes. We've got two good youngsters who will be terrors at 3-4 OLB. This year we will see more 4-3 than 3-4, but the transition is unmistakeable. You can see it in the kids they recruit and the extreme emphasis they are putting on size and strength in S&C. Miami has historically been smaller and faster, but Golden wants size everywhere. Our WLB is now 243, which is alot even for an NFL 4-3 WLB. I think they said the two deep on defense has gained a total of about 328 pounds this offseason, which is about 15 pounds per man. This should help the run D.

They might have cause alot of guys are much bigger. I know they have a special nutrition program now under Golden that they didn't have before so they are feeding them like crazy and putting alot of emphasis on the weight room but yeah if you look at the pics they are very noticeably bigger. Under Shannon, they just gave them muscle milk. There are a few guys that have gained 20 lbs. One starting DE was in the 250s last year and he is 277 now (which again strongly suggests 3-4).

Dyron Dye has been kicked off the team to placate the NCAA. He will still receive the full academic scholarship as a medical hardship as he is recovering from an Achilles ( and also to preserve cordial relations).

I'm barkin up a storm because finally we have quality depth at many spots as well as elite talent at many spots. It has taken awhile but we are just about back. This is the best team we have had since the 2003 season and I'm not homering. I nailed last years record in the preseason (I said 6-6 to 8-4) and we were 7-5. This year I'm telling you 10-2 or 9-3 barring injury.

We are one year away from being a Top 5-10 team, but I think they are Top 15-20 this year. 2014 will be a great great year but this year will be quite good as well.

There is no better OL or WR group out there. They have to keep Duke and Morris healthy because not much depth there...unlike the other two spots. D will be better but not elite or even very good...just ok.

It will be interesting to see how our transition over time to the 3-4 goes. We've got two good youngsters who will be terrors at 3-4 OLB. This year we will see more 4-3 than 3-4, but the transition is unmistakeable. You can see it in the kids they recruit and the extreme emphasis they are putting on size and strength in S&C. Miami has historically been smaller and faster, but Golden wants size everywhere. Our WLB is now 243, which is alot even for an NFL 4-3 WLB. I think they said the two deep on defense has gained a total of about 328 pounds this offseason, which is about 15 pounds per man. This should help the run D.